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NEW  SWISS  HOME 

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NEW  SWISS  HOME 

35  and  37  West  67th  Street,  New  York. 


1905 


OLD  SWISS  HOME 

108  Second  Avenue,  New  York, 


1883—1905 


THE    BUILDING  COMMITTEES. 


General   Building  Committee 

August  Houriet,  Pres. 
August  Richard 
J.   Eug.  Robert 
Louis  J.  Mathey 
Charles  Glatz,  Treasurer 
Henry    A.  Riisch 
Louis  H.  Junod 
J.  C.  Altherr 

B.  Malizia 
Gust.  Hurlimann 
Henry  J.  Landolt 
J.  Bertschmann 

C.  A.  Streuli 
Andrew  Schlaeppi 
Charles  Lemp,  Secretary. 

Sub-Building  Committee 

August  Houriet,  Chairman 

Charles  Glatz,  Treasurer 

Charles  Lemp,  Secretary 

Louis  J.  Mathey 

J.   Eug.  Robert 

August  Richard 

B.  Malizia 

Henry  J.  Landolt 


Architect 

John  E.  Seharsmith 


DEDICATION  CEREMONIES 

OK  THE 

New  Swiss  Home 

December   16,  1905,  at  3  o'clock  P.  M. 
PROGRAMME. 

1.    Opening  Prayer  in  English,      Rev.  Henry  L.  Grandlienard 

•2.    Chorus — '■  Schweizer  Psalm:    "  Trittst  Lm  Morgen 

roth  da  her''''  -  Zwyssig 

By  the  Swiss  Singing  Societies. 

3.  Address  in  French,  Mr.  Atg.  Houriet,  Chairman  of  the 
Building-  Committee. 

t.  Address  in  English,  Mu.  L.  II.  Joi  noo,  President  of  the 
Swiss  Benevolent  Society. 

5.  Response  inf  German,  Dr.  Leo  Vogel,  Minister  Plenipoten- 
tiary of  Switzerland. 

(>.  \'isit  through  the  Home  by  the  Minister  of  Switzerland  and 
the  Swi>>  Consul,  accompanied  by  the  Reception 
Committer. 

T.    Chorus — "  Mein  Schweizerland,  wach  aiif!"  Altenhofer 

By  the  Swiss  Singing  Societies. 
S.    General  Reception. 


MUSIC  FUWISHED  BY 
MESSRS.  EDMUND  VARNIER,  THEO.  MARC, 
and  JOSEPH  ALLARD. 


PRESIDENTS  OF  THE 
SWISS  BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY 
SINCE  1846. 


1846 

Louis  Philippe  de  Luze 

1876 

Alfred  Merian 

1847 

1877 

John  E.  Iselin 

1848 

IS78 

Henry  Escher 

1849 

1879 

1850 

1880 

J.    Eugene  Robert 

1851 

A.  Guerber 

1881 

Henry  Escher 

1852 

1882 

J.   Eugene  Robert 

1853 

Cesar  Auguste  Robert 

1883 

Ernest  Keller 

1854 

1884 

Auguste  Richard 

1855 

John  G.  Escher 

1885 

Alfred  Merian 

1856 

Henri  Mai  ret 

1886 

Henry  Abegg 

1857 

1SS? 

1858 

Philippe  Wuagneux 

1888 

Auguste  Rappard 

1859 

1889 

Auguste  Houriet 

I860 

Adolphe  Htisch 

1890 

Henry  Escher 

1861 

M.   J.    Pail  lard 

1891 

1862 

1892 

Gustaye  Hurlimann 

1863 

.1.  J.  Merian 

1893 

L864 

1894 

1865 

Salomon  Zollinger 

1895 

Charles  Einsiedler 

1866 

L896 

1867 

Louis    Philippe  de  Luze 

LS97 

Henry  Escher 

1S68 

Henry  Escher 

1898 

1869 

P.    J.  Perrin 

1899 

Charles  Glatz 

1870 

J.  BertscHmann 

1900 

1871 

1901 

1872 

1902 

John  C.  Altherr 

1873 

Simon  Gerber 

1903 

1S74 

J.   Jf,  Keller 

1904 

Louis  H.  Junod 

1875 

1905 

OFFICERS  IN  1905. 


Hon.    Jacob   Bertschmann,      Honorary  President. 
Louis  H.  Junod,  President. 
Robert  Schwarzenbach, 

Dr.  W.  A.  de  Watteville,  Vice-Presidents. 
Wm.  Michel, 

Henry  Escher,  Treasurer. 

C.  A.  Meister, 

Walter  E.  Hug'uenin,  Secretaries. 
Louis  Bichsel 

Charles  Lemp,  Agent. 


Altherr,  Eniile 
Altherr,  J.  C. 
Baillod,  Alfred 
Baumann,  Hans 
Buensod,  Henry 
Burry,  John 
Dell'  Era,  John 
Eeaubert,  E. 
Egolf,  Arnold 
Einsiedler,  Charles 
Dr.  Fisher,  Siegfried 
Ereynian,  J.  H. 
Grandlienard,  Rev.  H.  L. 
Glatz,  Charles 


Commissaries . 

Handrich,  Hermann 
Houriet,  Auguste 
Hurlimann,  Gustaf 
Herzog,  Albert 
Henry,  Alphonse 
Jacot,  A.  1). 
Junod,  Auguste 
Klingler,  Otto 
Landolt,   Henry  .!. 
Luchsinger,  J. 
Manthe,  H. 
Maron,  Otto 
Dr.  Maurer,  Geo.  E. 
Meyer,  Adolphe 
Vogel,  Hermann 


Malizia,  Bernardo 
Molo,  W.  P. 
Mouquin,  Henry 
Raetzer,  Rudolphe 
Richard,  Auguste 
Rietmann,  Paul 
Roethlisberger,  Fritz 
Robert,  J.  Eugene 
Riisch,  Henry  A. 
Scharsmith,  J.  E. 
Dr.  Schwyzer,  Fritz 
Stierlin,  E. 
Streuli,  C.  A. 
Von  der  Muhll,  Alfred 


Board  of  Trustees. 

Term  of  Office' Expires  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  January  1907. 

Bertschmann,  J.,  Consul  Robert,  J.  Eugene, 

Richard,  Auguste  Vice-Consul. 
Houriet,    Auguste  .Riisch,    Henry  A. 

Committee  on  Finances. 

Henry    Escher,  Robert  Schwarzenbach,  J.  C.  Altherr. 

Ladies  Visiting  Committee. 

Mrs.    A.  Von  der     Muhll,  President. 

Mrs   Henry  Beguelin      .Miss  E.  Grosjean  Mrs.  Auguste  Mathey 

"     Henry   Escher         Mrs.  Louis   H.  Junod  "    Auguste  Richard 

Charles  Glatz           "    Ernest  Keller  "    J.  Eugene  Robert 

.Mrs.  Dr.    Fritz  Schwyzer  Mrs.   Emil  Stehli 


SWISS  HALL  ASSOCIATION 

OF  NEW  YORK. 


Executive 

Henry   J.  Landolt, 
A.  D ' Ambrogio j 
H.  A.  Gassmaxx, 
Kai  i  i .  Keller, 
En.  Haussener, 


Committee. 

-  President 
Vice-president 

-  Secretary 
Finance  Secretary 

Treasurer 


Swiss  Societies  forming  or  belonging  to  the  above 
Association. 

Swiss  General  Mutual  and  Benevolent  Society  of  New  York. 

Object:  Mutual  sick  benefit  and  benevolence.   Largest  Swiss 
society  in  New  York.    440  members. 

Gruetli  Verein  in  New  York,  5"27  members. 

Object:  Sick  benefit  society,  also  death  benefit  to  the  amount 
of  $500.    Belongs  to  the  Nord-Ainer.  Gruetli  Bund. 

Societae  di  Mutuo  Soccorso,  15Q  members. 

Object;  Mutual  sick  benefit  and  benevolence.    Mostly  from 
the  Canton  of  Tessin. 

Gruetli  Maennerchor,  about  100  members. 

Singing  society,  dramatic  performances,  etc. 

Helvetia  Maennerchor,  about  85  members. 

Choral  society;  one  of  the  oldest  Swiss  choral  societies  in 
New  York. 

Jura  Maennerchor,  in  New  York,  85  members'  aetive  and  passive. 
Singing-  society. 

Maennerchor  Saentis.    100  members,  active  and  passive.  Singing- 
society. 

L'Union  Helvetia,  70  members. 

Organization  of  waiters  and  other  employees  of  hotels. 

Societe  chorale  Helvetienne,  about  !i5  members. 
French  Swiss  singing  society. 

Club  Swiss  Romand,  15  members. 

Sick  benefit,  mostly  French  Swiss. 


Societa  Pattriotica  Liberate  Ticinese,  75  members. 
Patriotic  Society  of  Tessinois. 

Schweizer  Maennerchor  Winkelried,  125  members. 
Swiss  singing  society  in  the  borough  of  Bronx. 

Schweizer  Turn-Verein,  New  York,  130  members. 

Gymnastic  society,  and  member  of  Swiss  American  Turner 
Bund. 

Societe  gymnastique  "  LaRomande,"  25  members. 
Mostly  French  Swiss. 

Dufour  Schuetzen  Compagnie,  5Q  members. 

Cultivation  of  art  of  shooting  and  sports  in  that  line. 

William  Tell  Schuetzen  Compagnie,  .30  members. 
Shooting  sport;  also  sick  benefit. 

Helvetia  Wheelmen,  20  members.    Bicycle  sport,  etc. 

Schweizer  Schuetzen  Bund,  Melrose,  50  members. 

Schweizer  Frauen-bund,  100  members. 

Swiss  ladies  sick  benefit  society,  lately  joined  the  association 
especially  for  support  in  festivals,  etc. 

There  are  also  about  twenty  individual  members,  that  assist 
the  association  with  dues  and  in  its  active  work. 


LADIES  COMMITTEE. 

t  Furniture  Fund. 

Mrs.   A.   Vox   dkk   Mi  hi.i.,  President. 

Mrs.  F.  Schwyzger    Mrs.  E.  P.  Stahel  Mrs.  J.  M.  Kraft 
"    T.  Eng.  Robert  "    W.  Michel  "    Renee  Keller 

"    T.  E.  Scharsmith "    Edward  Michel     "    A.  Hafner 
"    Louis  H.  Junod  "    C.  A.   Meister       "    Charles  Glatz 
"    T.  E.  Stierlin      "    Chas.  Mattmann    "    R.  A.  Fischer 
"    T.  E  Stehli         "    T.  Luchsinger      "    Henry, J.  Landolt 
Miss  E.  Grosjean 


E  can  with  perfect  safety  rely  upon  the  distinguished 
chronicler  of  the  colonization  of  America,  who  tells 
us  that  the  early  immigration  into  the  New  Netherlands 
was  largely  made  up  of  refugees  from  the  low  countries, 
from  the  hanks  of  the  Rhine,  from  Switzerland  :  and  it  is 
qUite  as  certain  that  not  all  those  fugitives  from  Holland 
were  natives  of  that  soil,  hut  were  for  the  greater  part 
descendants  from  motley  swarms  of  religious  and  political 
dissenters  who  had  escaped  persecution  in  their  respective 
homes  all  over  Western.  Central  and  Southern  Europe  and 
these  trihes  also  to  some  extent  reHected  the  great  religious 
upheavals  in  our  Alpine  regions. 

Bancroft  takes  us  hack  to  the  third  and  fourth  decades 
of  the  seventeenth  century,  to  say  about  1()4(),  and  in 
later  chapters  supplements  his  remarks  by  allusions  to 
settlements  founded  by  emigrants  from  Geneva  in  North- 
ern Maine,  about  1700,  by  emigrants  under  Christopher 
de  GrafFenriedt  on  the  Neuse  and  Trent  rivers,  N.  ('.. 
which  they  called  New  Berne.  1710.  under  Colonel  l)e 
Pury  above  Charleston,  173-1.  The  most  important  ones 
however  are  those  of  Eastern  and  Central  Pennsylvania, 
laid  out  chiefly  by  South  Germans  w  ith  a  strong  admixture 
from  the  Eastern  part  of  Vaud,  Chateau  d'Deux,  Saanen 
and  other  Bernese  districts,  chiefly  anabaptists.  They 
turned  the  uptrodden  wilderness  into  flourishing  and  even 
rich  agricultural  domains,  spread  over  plains  and  hills,  way 
into  the  Alleghanies.  and  the  large  number  of  these  colon- 
ists permitted  our  countryman.  Henry  Bouquet,  to  raise 
two  entire  regiments,  the  so  called  Royal  Americans  for 
service  in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  17-">(). 

We  cannot  conclude  this  chapter  without  referring  to 
another  colony,  although  it  was  founded  by  the  French 
Government,  in  1563.  We  mean  La  Caroline  in  Florida, 
which  was  to  he  the  nucleus  of  a  large  Protestant  commun- 
ity, if  not  of  a  state,  and  to  play  the  part  of  a  safety-valve, 
to  which    the  turbulent  elements  of  France  could   he  re- 


moved.  But  incapacity  of  the  leaders,  dissensions  among 
them  and  hardships  of  every  kind  sapped  its  vitality  and 
its  ephemeral  existence  terminated  in  the  tall  of  that  year 
w  hen  the  survivors  of  a  once  powerful  armament  were 
mercilessly  put  to  the  sword  by  Spaniards  and  Indians. 

Our  interest  in  this  tragic  occurrence  centers  in  the  fact 
that  we  here  meet  the  name  of  a  Swiss  in  America  for  the 
first  time,  Diehold  von  Krlach  had  been  an  officer  under 
Coligny  in  France,  was  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  expedition 
and  perished  in  the  carnage  and  utter  destruction  w  hich 
overcame  the  colony. 

But  let  us  go  hack  to  the  Dutch  city  of  New  Amster- 
dam in  w  hich  a  limited  number  of  our  co-nationalists  had 
joined  the  Huguenot  and  a  German  church,  round  both 
of  which  revolved  the  intellectual  and  social  life  of  their 
spheres.  We  also  know  that  there  were  Roman  Catholics 
to  he  found  alongside  of  them,  hut  they  were  under  such 
severe  restrictions  that  they  could  not  form  a  congregation 
and  the  life  w  hich  all  these  people  led  both  in  their  family 
and  professional  circles  must  needs  remain  shrouded  in 
obscurity,  no  records  of  it  have  come  down  to  our  day. 

In  the  sovereignty  over  New    Amsterdam  passed 

from  the  Dutch  to  the  British  who  maintained  it  for  a 
period  of  one  hundred  and  nineteen  years,  and  ahandoned 
it  in   L783.  ' 

It  is  in  the  course  of  the  last  three  decades  of  British 
rule  that  mention  is  made,  by  name,  of  Swiss  subjects, 
w  ho  made  New  York,  as  the  English  called  it.  their  per- 
manent or  temporary  home.  Quite  a  goodly  number  of 
them,  both  in  the  British  army  and  in  the  colonial  military 
services,  had.  as  officers  received  land  grants  in  lieu  ot 
pensions,  on  condition  though  of  permanent  residence. 

Then  we  meet  the  names  of  clergymen  from  Lausanne 
and  Geneva  w  ho  ministered  to  the  spiritual  wants  of  the 
Huguenot  Hock  and  of  others  in  the  German  churches,  not 
to  overlook  those  of  men  who  are  still  more  or  less  know  n 


to  our  present  generation,  Albert  Gallatin,  Hottinguer,  the 
founder  of  the  far  famed  banking  firm  in  Paris,  Henry 
Escher,  the  father  of  our  distinguished  statesman  Dr. 
Alfred  Escher,  Ferdinand  Hassler,  the  father"  of  the 
American  coast  survey.  Isaac  [selin,  Henry  C.  DeRham  of 
renown  in  mercantile  circles.  Karl  Bodmer  and  Kurz  who 
studied  Indian  life  in  the  wigwams  of  the  Red  men.  when 
even  the  middle  states,  not  to  speak  of  the  trans  Mississip- 
pian  regions  were  worthy  specimens  of  a"  Dark  Continent  "  . 
and  alongside  of  the  eminent  men.  others  of  less  preten- 
sions but  likewise  of  staunch  vitality,  had  transplanted 
their  industries  to  this  soil  and  in  their  humble  aspirations, 
coupled  with  restless  industrious  energy,  had  founded 
homes  for  themselves  and  a  good  name  for  their  fellow- 
countrymen  to  come. 

They  were  both  merchants  and  professional  men.  not 
a  few  watchmakers  and  importers  :  later  on  came  the 
representatives  of  silks  and  cotton  factories,  as  also  military 
men  after  the  Napoleonic  wars,  and  finally  a  stream  of 
people  of  different  creeds  and  convictions,  all  bent  upon 
making  their  way  or  their  fortunes  in  one  way  or  another. 

These  latter  ones  were  not  all  blessed  with  the  goods 
of  this  world  sufficiently  well,  to  strike  out  for  themselves 
or  to  become  independent  forwith.  on  the  contrary  a  goodly 
number  required  immediate  help  and  assistance  in  the 
way  of  medical  treatment  after  a  long  trip  on  an  emigrant 
vessel  where  good  food  was  as  scarce  as  rats  and  germs  of 
disease  were  plenty,  as  also  money,  clothing  and  other 
necessaries  of  life  to  continue  their  trip.  They  often, 
through  helplessness,  became  a  burden  to  the  community 
which  had  to  provide  for  the  emigrant's  comforts,  there 
being  but  a  few  institutions  of  a  sanitary  or  alimentary 
character  in  existence. 

Hence  the  wish  for  organized  benevolence,  which 
could  be  carried  out  only  through  the  medium  of  a  society, 
and  such  a  society  or  rather  association  was  organized  by 


the  Swiss  residents  of  the  city  of  New  York  in  the  year  of 
1  882. 

As  to  its  name  it  was  probably  the  same  which  the 
society  hears  now  .  Otherwise  it  resembled  the  present 
organization  only  ill  its  object ,  tor  charities  were  dispensed 
through  the  office  of  the  French  Benevolent  Society,  and 
it  met  only  at  the  end  of  each  year  to  receive  the  Presi- 
dent's report,  until  1845  when  the  rapidly  increasing 
appeals  tor  relief  made  a  better  and  independent  organiza- 
tion absolutely  necessary. 

An  unforeseen  event  prompted  action.  The  great 
conflagration  of  July  If).  1846,  destroyed  Delmonico's 
hotel  in  Broad  street  and  with  it  all  the  records  of  the 
society  whereupon  a  committee  was  appointed  to  draw  up 
the  plans  and  constitution  of  a  new  one.  Both  of  them 
were  ratified  by  a  general  assembly,  which  a  few  years 
later  passed  a  resolution  to  apply  for  a  charter  at  Albany 
and  to  petition  the  Home  Government  for  an  annual  con- 
tribution. 

The  execution  of  both  projects  was  taken  in  hand  with- 
out delay  but  did  not  materialize  until  1851  when  the 
charter  was  obtained  and  the  Home  Government  concluded 
to  make  us  an  annual  allowance. 

The  Consul  of  Switzerland  in  the  meantime  had  been 
entrusted  wjfch  the  dispensation  of  charities  and  arrange- 
ments had  been  made  with  inn-keepers  to  board  our 
homeless,  while  the  Consul's  assistance  was  constantly  on 
the  lookout  for  positions  for  able-bodied  men,  and  we  can 
confidently  say  that  this  department  in  the  course  of  years 
has  done  as  much  practical  good  as  any  other  and  perhaps 
more . 

The  receipts  of  the  society  from  1832  to  1846  are 
estimated  at  $12,000  and  expenditures  at  $  1  I  .():!().()  1  . 
while  receipts  from  L 847  to  1850  were  $5,684.78,  and 
expenditures  $5,  l<99.20. 

The  period  from  L851  to  L874  is   not  marked  by  any 


event  of  special  importance  in  the  ordinary  line  of  dispen- 
sation of  charities.  There  \\  ere  times  when  we  could  accumu- 
late a  reserve  fund  of  a  few  thousand  dollars  only  to  spend  it 
again  when  collections  fell  off  and  requests  for  relief  in- 
creased, and  even  the  reorganizations  of  L874  and  partial 
consolidation  with  the  Swiss  General  Mutual  and  Benevo- 
lent Society  did  not  fully  answer  our  expectations.  The 
receipts  were  generally  exhausted  by  the  expenditures, 
the  former  amounting  to  $82,537-26,  the  latter  to 
$  82,519. 1  1 . 

The  thirty  years  which  have  expired  since  1874 
represent  by  far  the  most  important  period  of  our  socie- 
ty's existence:  for  we  have  to  record  a  marked  increase 
in  the  number  of  members,  and  correspondingly,  of 
receipts.  Then  again  two  fairs  held  in  1  S7f)  and  1886, 
respectively  netted  nearly  $16,000,  and  permitted  us 
to  create  a  reserve  fund  notwithstanding  expenditures 
at  different  times  exceeded  receipts:  and  finally  we 
gladly  recall  the  foundation  of  The  Sw  iss  I  Iome  in 
Second  Avenue  to  our  minds,  because  it  was  the  beau- 
tiful monument  of  an  outburst  of  patriotic  impulses, 
permitted  us  to  correct  abuses  which  were  practised 
upon  us.  gave  the  society  a  fixed  location  and  a  better 
organization  throughout. 

The  fairft"  exhaustive  annual  reports,  in  the  main, 
still  fresh  in  our  readers'  minds,  will  permit  us  to  close 
this  paragraph  with  the  exhibit  of  our  financial  trans- 
actions,   (including  the  maintenance  of  The  Swiss  Home.  I 

Receipts  from  1874  to  1  90  t  amounted  to  $241,634.24 ; 
expenditures  $198,131.88.  Receipts  since  the  foundation 
of  the  society.  1832  to  1904  for  all  purposes  amounted 
to   $3124,171.50;    expenditures  $280,650.99- 

In  addition  to  above  funds  our  generous  patrons 
provided  us  with  large  quantities  of  clothing,  old  and 
new.  underwear,  for  distribution:  as  well  as  with  books, 
periodicals    and     pictures    for    the    library    and  the  office. 


fmportant  alterations  and  improvements  have  also 
been  made  in  the  Old  Swiss  Home,  the  entire  cost 
of  which  was  assumed  by  liberal  friends  of  the  insti- 
tution. 

The  charter  of  our  society  gives  the  names  of 
the  following    17   gentlemen   as  incorporators: 

Louis    Ph.    de    Luze.  Consul 
Auguste  Gerber.  Merchant     Charles  Rillichody.  Merchant 
Henry  C.  de  Kham,     "        Caesar  Aug.  Robert. 
Guillaume  Merle,  A.  C.  Rossire, 

Samson    Boiceau.  John  Kscher. 

Adrien   Iselin.  Paul  A.  Brez, 

.lean  Jacques  Merian.  "         Oscar  Xollikofer, 
Edward  Rurkhard.  John  Syz. 

Ferdinand    Ruseh.  Louis    DeCoppet.  Banker. 

All  these  gentlemen  have  passed  away  in  the  course 
of  years.  The  last  one  of  them.  Adrien  Iselin,  departed 
this  life  in  Spring  last,  and  we  shall  always  keep  his 
memory  in  grateful  remembrance  for  the  many  acts 
of  generosity   he   has   bestowed    upon  us. 

The  society  has  been  carrying  on  work  under  four 
constitutions:  they  were  passed  1832,  1846,  1 S  7  4 . 
1884,  the  last  one  in  consequence  of  the  establishment 
of  the   Swiss  Home. 

The  following  agents  of  the  society  attended  to  the 
distribution  of  charities: 

Eugene  de  Crauzat  J.  Hubler 

A.   Paletti  Henry  Engelhard 

Charles  Lemp 
and    their   offices    were  located  at 

No.  63    Bleecker  Street  No.    12    Union  Court 

"     17()       "  "  "    149    Mulberry  Street 

102     Wooster     "  "    108  Second  Avenue. 

Our  society  receives  the  official  account  of  Swiss 
societies  in  foreign  land  from  Berne  e\er\  year  and 
exchanges    its    annual    report    with    many    of  them. 


The  last  statement  places  their  number,  including 
asylums,  homes,  etc.  for  the  year  I  <)():>  at  171,  their 
property  at  fr.  2,893,77*5.86  and  their  disbursements  at 
fr.  524,468.97.  Eight  of  those  associations  own  property 
worth   over   fr.  100,000. 

The  latest  statistics  give  the  number  of  Swiss  citi- 
zens etc. .  living  in  foreign  lands  320,000,  of  whom  1  0  1-.  ()()(). 
reside  in  the  United  States:  37,000  in  Central  and 
South  America:  170,000,  in  Europe;  5,100,  in  Africa: 
2,300,   in   Australia:    1  ,()()()  in  Asia. 

The  suggestion  of  a  Swiss  I  lome  w  as  made  in 
L 883  as  the  result  of  many  years  experience.  Thanks 
to  the  good  will  of  the  Swiss  Colony  and  its  friends, 
the  sum  of  SIS. 000  was  raised  without  difficulty  and 
suitable  premises  were  purchased.  The  Swiss  Home, 
located  at  No.  108  Second  Avenue,  was  opened  on 
October  17th,  L 883  and  operations  commenced,  forth- 
with under  the  management  of  the  newly  appointed 
agent,    Mr.   Henry  Engelhard. 

The  accommodations  provided  for  our  poor,  con- 
sisted of  thirty-two  beds,  (besides  those  in  the  hospital 
ward.)  bath  and  wash-rooms,  a  fumigating  apparatus, 
and  all  other  facilities  for  the  physical  welfare  of  the 
inmates.  As  a  rule  however  not  more  than  half  the 
number  of  the  beds  were  occupied  and  very  often 
only  a  few  .  especially  in  the  summer  time,  when  men 
can  work  in  the  fields  and  gardens.  The  daily  average 
number  of  inmates  was  about  Ik  making  5,110  lodg- 
ings  in    a   year  or    107..')  10   for   the   lJl  years. 

The  average  cost  of  maintaining  the  Swiss  Home 
amounted  to  $2,270.  Plus  administrative  expenses  etc.. 
SI. 100:  a  year  $3,370:  and.  placing  the  average  of 
inmates  at  If  a  day.  and  5,110,  a  year,  we  find  the 
cost   to   have   been    about    .66    per   person,    per  day. 

The  Swiss  Home  was  in  charge  of  a  board  of  five 
trustees    whose     duty   it     was    to   keep    the    house  in 


repairs,  while  the  hoard  of  visitors,  the  Visiting-  Com- 
mittee composed  of  ladies,  looked  after  the  rooms  and 
their  outfit:  and  the  agent  who  resided  on  the  premises, 
was  the  general  manager  of  the  house  in  charge  of 
the  inmates  and  distributed   the  outdoor  relief. 

Ever  since  the  Home  was  started,  ladies'  societies, 
social  and  benevolent  as  well  as  friends  of  our  insti- 
tution, have  given  expression  to  their  good  will  by 
liberal  gifts  of  clothing,  of  underwear,  of  books,  etc.. 
and  we  may  confidently  .anticipate  the  continuance  of 
their   friendly   attitude   in   the  future. 

Conditions  however  in  a  city  like  New  York  can- 
not be  expected  to  remain  the  same  for  any  length 
of  time:  for  the  constant  transformations  which  go  on 
in  this  community,  made  up  of  so  many  different 
elements,  the  encroachments  of  business  districts  upon 
residential  sections  and  the  rapid  progress  of  improve- 
ments in  the  way  of  locomotion  and  others,  must  make 
themselves  felt  all  over  and  compel  parties  affected  by 
them  to  join  in  the  march  forward,  and  so  it  happened 
that  Second  Avenue  could  no  longer  uphold  its  good 
name,  but  sank  to  the  level  in  the  social  scale:  a  fact 
which  made  the  removal  of  our  institution  an  irrepressi- 
ble necessity:  all  the  more  so  as  the  house  showed 
unmistakable    signs  of  decay. 

These  faults  could  neither  remain  unheeded  nor 
could  they  be  remedied  by  any  power  under  the  socie- 
ty's control  w  hen  another  clement  suddenly  opened  the 
way  out  of  the  dilemma.  Several  prominent  members 
of  the  society  well  advanced  in  years,  proposed  to 
take  the  lead  in  the  erection  of  a  new  building  which 
for  its  larger  size  and  accomodations,  as  well  as  better 
location  would  meet  requirements  for  years  to  come. 

Their  offer  was  joyfully  greeted  not  only  by  the 
society  but  also  by  the  Swiss  Hall  Association  which 
consisted   of  IS   different  societies, .clubs  etc.,  and  which 


resolved  to  contribute  its  entire  reserve  fund  of  $10,000 
to  this  patriotic  undertaking. 

Committees  were  elected  to  draw  up  plans  and  to 
solicit  subscriptions  and  in  a  few  months  the  treasurer 
could  announce  the  receipt  of  $60,000,  tor  the  building 
fund. 

Ground  tor  the  building  was  secured  in  March  1904, 
by  the  purchase  of  two  lots.  50  ft.  \  100  ft.  ()in..  in 
size,  situated  at  35  and  .'>7  W  est  67th  Street  and  the 
work  of  building  began  in  the  summer  following.  Diffi- 
culties were  encountered  when  the  foundations  were  to 
he  laid,  and  caused  annoying  delays  and  additional 
expense:  hut  to-day  the  building  is  finished  and  will  he 
inaugurated  with  appropriate  ceremonies. 

The  New  Swiss  Home  has  heen  set  up  at  a  cost 
of  $1  16,000  of  which  amount:  $39,000  was  paid  for 
the  ground;  $72,000  for  excavation  and  for  the  con- 
struction of  the  building  and  $5,000  for  sundries.  Few 
articles  in  the  way  of  furniture  etc..  were  brought  from 
the  old  Home. 

The  greater  part  of  the  outfit  was  lately  bought 
with  the  proceeds  of  a  collection  made  by  a  committee 
of  ladies,  which  under  able  management  yielded  a  sum 
considerably   in  excess  of  the  amount  required. 

It  is  a  four  story  building,  exclusive  of  cellar  and  hase- 
ment  fitted  out  with  the  latest  improvements  for  the 
treatment  and  convenience  of  the  inmates  and  shows  the 
following  sub-divisions : 

The  cellar  contains  the  boilers  and  compartments  for 
general  storage:  as  also  for  wood  and  coal. 

In  the  basement  are  located  a  waiting  room,  smoking 
room,  repair  shop,  dining  room  for  transients,  kitchen, 
laundry,  store  room,  ramigator,  hath  and  toilet  rooms. 

First  floor:  Office  and  meeting  room,  dining  room  for 
inmates,  small  waiting  room,  agents  appartment.  store 
room  for  clothing. 


Second  floor:  Bath  room  for  inmates,  sitting  room 
For  women  inmates,  ten  bedrooms,  one  linen  closet. 

Third  Moor:  Hath  room  for  inmates,  eleven  bedrooms, 
one  linen  closet. 

Fourth  floor:  One  cedar  closet,  eight  bedrooms  for 
transients . 

Altogether  the  house  can  accommodate  eighty  persons, 
both  transient  and  permanent  inmates:  or  thirty  of  form  el- 
and fifty  of  the  latter,  and  in  case  of  great  pressure 
accommodations  to  the  extent  of  twenty  additional  beds 
could  lie  procured. 

We  stand  at  the  eve  of  a  new  era. 

Once  more  the  self  denying  spirit  of  charity  has 
borne  fragrant  blossoms  and  has  unfolded  its  arms  to 
our  needy. 

We  enter  the  gates  of  this  new  Home  with  the  firm 
resolution  that  it  shall  do  honor  to  its  name  with  the 
sacred  pledge  of  our  untiring  zeal  in  the  cause  which 
the  founders  of  our  society  have  laid  down  for  us. 

And  so  shall  it  be!  that  coming  generations  may 
fondly  trace  our  foot  prints  and  perpetuate  our  work  to 
our  nation's  honor. 


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A.  B. 

Abegg  &  Ruseh 
Abegg,  Henry 
Adler,  Sim. 
Aeschliman,  Miss  Marie 
A  Friend 
Alb,  A. 
Albarin,  L, 
Albarin,  S. 
Albini,  Anselmo 
Alder.  A. 
Alder.  Max 
Alder.  Rob. 
Altherr,  J.  C. 
Altherr.  Mrs.  .1.  ('. 
Amberg,  J.  1'. 
Ambrozio,  Dr.  V. 
Ambrozio.  Dr.  (i. 
Antenen,  F. 
Anonymous 
Am.  J. 

Arnold.  Mrs.  Anna 
Aubert,  Henry 
Auffmordt  &  Co..  C.  A. 
Auger   &    Simon  Silk 

Dyeinjr  Co. 
Aurig,  Joseph 


Baer,  T. 
Bailat,  A. 
Baillod,  Alf. 
BaUiet,  E. 
Barbey,  Hy.  .1. 
Barioni,  L. 
Barth.  Mrs. 
Barth,  Rud. 
Barthman,  W. 
Bastian-Tarisof,  Mrs.  S. 
Bauman.  Mrs.  c.. 
Bauman,  C. 
Bauman,  H. 
Baumann,  (Just. 
Baumann,  Hans. 
Bans.  Gottl. 
Baylies,  Mrs.  9 
Bechtel,  E.  E. 
Becker.  Aug. 
Betfa.  R. 

Beguelin,    Mrs.  H.  E. 
Beltramini,  Chas. 
Beltramini,  J. 
Benziger,  Bros. 
Benziger,  Bruno 
Benziirer.  Mrs.  N. 
Benziirer.  Mrs.  N.  ('. 
Benziirer.  Mrs.  L. 
Benzisrer.  Adelrick, 
Bereuter,  Mrs.  c.  A 
Berlet.  Geo.  N. 
Bernst.  Jacob 
Bertoni.  C. 
Berry,  W.  B. 
Bersot,  L. 
Bertschi,  Jacob 
Bertschmann,  .!. 
Bertschmann,  Louis 


Bichsel,  Louis 
Bihler,  A. 
Bilat,  Ed 
Bilwiller  Bros. 
Billwiller,  C.  J. 
Bionda,  Eugenio 
Blatter.  J. 
Blatter,  Mrs.  T. 
Blatter.  Titus 
Blatter.  C. 
Blumberg,  E.  V. 
Hlunner.  .1. 
Bocea,  John 
Bodenmann,  E.  A. 
Boeni,  Al. 
Boetger  &  Hinze 
Boffa,  T. 
Bohren,  Al 
Boivin.  Aug. 
Boker.  C.  F. 
Bolliet.  Miss  K. 
Bollinger,  G. 
Bonomi,  H.  O. 
Borer,  Emil  W. 
Borel.  Mrs.  Paul 
Born and,  Joseph 
Born and.  A.  A. 
Bornand,  Camille 
Bosch,  Hermann 
Bosshard.  A. 
Bourcard,  Ad. 
Braesirer.  Win. 
Braguglia,  R. 
Brandiss.  Edw. 
Brandus.  Mrs.  Ed. 
Branstein.  Mrs.  W. 
Brenner.  Louis 
Bronner,  Fred 
Brugger,  A. 
Brugger,  J.  G. 
Brunner  \  Dreyfoos 
Brnnner.  Hy. 
Brupbacher,  D. 
Brnpbaeher.  J. 
Brupbacher,  R 
Brupbacher     &  Lien 

hardt 
Bryner.  A. 
Bryner  Wilhelmina 
Buchstuhl,  J. 
Budin,  H. 
Buehler.  Emil. 
Buensod,  Henrj 
Bvdlo.  I. 
Buol.  Miss  A. 
Burger,  Jos. 
Burgy,  Oscar 
Burkhardt.  Mrs.  J. 
Burkhardt.  John 
Burry,  John 
Biitzer.  Fritz 
Ihizzini.  S. 


Cabaret  &  Co.  T.  E. 
Caesar.  H.  A.  &  Co. 
Canfield  Harry 


Cassebeer,  H.  F. 
Cattanso,  J. 
Cerisio  Bicycle  Club. 
Chalmers.  Stautier  Mrs. 
Chambettaz,  Mrs. 
Charavay  &  Bodvin 
Chariot  ^  Henry 
Chalumeau,  A.  Sir-. 
Chatelain,  L. 
Chiessi,  A. 

Cie  Gen'le  Transatlan 

tique 
Ciocarri,  A. 
Cosmopolitian  Range 

Co. 

Colomb,  Chas. 
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Coppini,  W. 
CriveUi,  E.  R. 
Cramer.  Mrs.  O. 
Cuendet,  Mi^  J. 
Cuendet,  Emile 


Danzi,  Antonio 
Davies  Ceo. 
Davis,  .1.  C. 

Deck.  Otto 
De  Coppet,  E.  J. 
De Coppet.  C.  A. 
De  Lussan,  Maurice 
Depollier.  Jacques 
Depollier,  F. 
De  Rham.  Charles 
De  Watteville,   Dr.  W. 
A. 

De  Watteville.  Mis. 

W.  A. 
Del  Pietro  L'gi 
Delmonico,  Miss  R. 
DeU'Era,  Giov 
Dell'Era  Genua  no 
Denhr.  Dr.  R. 
Deuble  Albert. 
Didisheim,  Hipp  .S;  Bro 
Dippel,  L.  W. 
Dommerich,   L.    F.  tV 

Co. 

Donat,  John 
Donniez,  M.  L. 
Doob  M.    Sons  »v  Co 
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Di ever.  H.  H. 
Dreyfoos.     Pulasky  & 

Fishel 
Dreyfuss,  Dr.  W. 
Dreyer,  Emil 
Droz.  Paul 
Du  !5ois.  Hugo 
Dii  Bois.  Chas.  p. 
Durler.  Win. 
Dupuis.  Frnest 
Duval.  P. 
Duval    L.  Jr. 
Duval.  L< 


Flxyrle,  Jos. 
Ecatfbert,  Mrs.  F. 
Ecaubert,  F. 
Egolf,  A. 

Eilshemius,  Mrs.  ('.  E. 
Einsiedler,  Chas. 
Einstein.  Wojff  &  Co. 
Elsesser,  M.  C. 
Emden  &  Wormser 
Emetaz,  Henry 
Emil,  L. 
Emonot,  C 
Engler,  Chas.  U 
Engel,  W. 
Ersili,  Mrs.  J. 
Escher,  J.  H. 
Escher,  Henry 
Escher,  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Kselier.  Mrs.  H. 
Essig,  G.  J. 
Eugster,  Ernest 
Engler,  Mrs.  C.  U. 


Fahys,  Mrs.  J. 
Falk,  Frank 
Fehr,  Ulrich 
Feusi,  Balthasau 
Feuz,  Fred 
Fierz,  Hanz 
Fischer,  P. 
Fiseher.  R.  A. 
Fischer,  Dr.  S. 
Fiseher,  Robert 
Fiseher,  Mrs.  R.  A. 
Fleitmann  &  Co. 
Fluckiger,  V.  L. 
Fotsch,  John 
Fonjalaz,  Miss  L. 
Frauenfelder,  Mrs.  E. 
Frey,  Edmond 
Freymond,  J.  H. 
Friedli,  Mrs. 
Fried rieh.  H. 
Frossard,  J.  E 
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Furrer,  Jacob 


Gagnebin,  Mrs.  ('lias. 
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Garnaus,  John  C. 
Geering,  Julia 
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Geering,  Emil 
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Geissberger,  J.  F. 
Genetelli,  D. 
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German    Ex.  Bank 
Gerber,  I.  J. 
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Gianella,  G. 
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Gianella,  F. 
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Gilgen,  Marie 
Gillet  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Gindroz,  H. 


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Mrs.  E. 
Gobat,  Sam. 
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Goll,  Henry 
Gomez,  Mrs.  C. 
Goston,  E.  E. 
Gottraux,  Chas. 
Gougelmann,  Mrs.  M. 
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L. 

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Grobet  &  Baumann 
Gresjean,  Mrs.  E. 
Grossmann,  A. 
Guggenheim's  Sons.  M. 
Guscetti,  H. 
Gwalter,  H.  L. 
Gysling,  J. 


Hadden,  Mrs.  V. 
Haefeli,  Wr. 
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Hafner.  Alfred 
Hagger,  Miss  F. 
Halter,  Leon 
Handrieh,  H. 
Handschin,  Mrs.  E. 
Hanner,  W. 
Hansen,  Aug. 
Hardt  von  Hernuth  & 
Co. 

Hattenier,  V. 
Hauff,  W.  C. 
Haussener,  Ed. 
Haussener,  R.  F. 
Hearn,  R. 
Hefti.  M. 
Heine  &  Co.,  S. 
Henchoz,  Jules 
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Herzeg,  Albert 
I  less.  Carl 
Hildebrand,  L.  A. 
Hillerman,  Mrs. 
Hiltbrunner,  A. 
Hirseh,  Leon 
Hirsch,  Richard 
Hirzel.  F.  M. 
Hirzel,  Max. 
I  helm.  Wr. 
Hofacker,  H. 
Hofer,  Jacob 
Hofstetter,  Emil 
Hoffamann,  Alb. 
Hoffmann,    Huber  & 
Co. 

Hold,  Jaeques 
Holer,  X.  Jr. 
Holliger,  A. 
Hollinger,  Mrs  a. 
Holzhalb,    Mrs.  E.  M. 


Honegger,  Dr.  O.  P. 
Honegger,  Mrs.  a.  L. 
Honiger,  J. 
Houriet,  Aug. 
Hoyt,  Mrs.  L.  T. 
HuIkt.  Mrs.  J. 
Huber,  Jacques 
Huber,  G. 
Huber,  Danl 
Hugentobler,  Ulrich 
Huguenin,  W.  E. 
Huguenin,  Miss 
Humbert,  C 
Hurhman,  Mrs.  D. 
Hurliman,  G.  A. 
Hurliman.  L. 
Hurliman'   M.  A. 
Hurliman,  Hi. 
Hurlimann.  Theo. 
HiirUmann,  G. 
Hurin,  H.  B. 


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Inderbitzin  Miss  F. 
I  nf anger,  C 
Iselin,  Adrien 
Iselin,  Adrien,  Jr. 
Iselin.  Wm. 
Iselin,  Mrs.  J.  H. 
[sler  &  (.uvc. 
Isler,  P.  A. 
In  His  name 


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Jaccard,  L.  G. 

Jacot  Music   Box  Co. 

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Jenny.  J. 

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Johnson,  C.  (). 

Jordis.  Mrs.  John 

Jouard,  C. 

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Junod,  Mrs.  L.  H. 

Junod,  L.  H. 

Junod.  Aug.  S. 


Kahn  &  Rurgauer 
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Karr,  J.  C 
Keller,  Mrs.  E. 
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Keller,  Fred  D. 
Keller.  Emil 
Keppler,  Rud. 

Kessler,  Alf. 

Kindimann,  J. 
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Klaus.  I. 
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Knecht,  Gottl 
Knecht,  G. 
Knecht,  A. 
Kolb.  Dr.  H. 


Kouser,  U. 
Kolliker.  J. 
Kraft,  Mrs.  J .  M 
Kreis,  Chas. 
Ktinzler,  E. 
Kiinzler,  Wm. 
Kurner,  1'. 
Summer,  Geo 


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Lador,  Rev.  C.  A. 
Lambelet,  H. 
Landolt,  Hy  J. 
Landolt,  Emma 
Lauer,  Mrs.  J.  li. 
Lecoultre,  Miss  M.  F. 
Leemann,  a. 
Lehman,  A.  W.  S. 
Lemp,  Miss  L.  M. 
Lemp,  Charles 
Lenoir,  Casar 
L'EpIattenier,  W.  L. 
L'Eplattenier,  Miss 

Elise 
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L'Esperance,  Theo. 
Leuenberger,  H 
Leuch,  Chas.  E. 
Liiider.  Louis 
Linherr.  J.  A. 
Loewef's   Brew'sr  Co.. 

V. 

Lorimier,  J. 
Luchsinger,  J. 
Luchsinger,  Mrs.  .1. 
Lugrin,  H.  A. 


MacKenzie,  W. 
Malaguerra,  Pac. 
Malizia.  !!. 
Maiubourg,  Miss  K. 
Maufrini,  Jos. 
Manfrini,  Thomas 
Man  the,  Herm. 
Man-.  Theo. 
Maron,  otto 
Martin.  I.   15.  * 
Marty.  E. 
Matlilev,    Hros.  * 

Mathez 
Mathey,  Mrs.  A 
Mathez.  Mrs.  F. 
Mathey,  J.  L. 
Mathey,  H.  L. 
Mathez,  Fritz 
Matter.  G.  A. 
Matthias,  M 
Martman.  Mrs.  Jr. 
Mattmann,  ('. 
Mattman,    Mrs.  Chas. 
Maurer,  Louis 
Mayer.  Alb 
Meier.  Konrad 
Meister,  Mrs.  c.  a. 
Meistre.  C.  A. 
Merian,  Mrs.  A. 
Merian,  P.  F. 
Merian.  A.  W. 
Mereier,  J. 


Merian,  Mrs.  L. 
Messmer,  Carl 
Messmer,  F.  G. 
Meyer,  Wm. 
Meyer.  Dr.  Ad. 
Meyer,  Henry 
Meyer.  And. 
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Meyer.  Mrs.  F. 
Meyer.  Win.  &  Co. 
Meyer,  F. 
Meylan  A. 
Mezjrer,  J.  J. 
Michel.  W. 
Michel,  Mrs.  Edw. 
Michel.  Mrs.  W. 
Mills  K  (iil)l) 
Mohr.  Mrs.  W. 
Molo.  W.  P.,  &  E. 
Monnard.  Leon 
Moloy,  Jos. 
Molaguerra,  Th. 
Moran,  Hros. 
Moretti,  C. 
Mossi,  A. 
Mossi.  Peter 
Mouquin,  H. 
Mouquin,   Mrs.  Marie 
Mouquin   Kt.  Wine 
Co. 

Mullan.  M.  K. 
Muller.  Schall  &  Co. 
Muller.  Mrs.  J. 
Midler.    Luchsinger  & 
Co. 

Muller,  Robert 
Muller-Ury,  A. 
Midler.  Emil 
Miiser  Bros. 
Murset,  J 
M.  W. 


Nain,  Emil 
Naef,  All. 
Naef,  Bros. 
Naegeli,  Rud. 
Naegeli,  Jean  C, 
Naegeli,  John 
Neipp,  Louis 
Nessi.  Emilio 
Nessi,  Joseph 
Neuburger,  8?  Co. 
Nigsch  &  Stucky 
Niederer,  .lac. 
Nordlinger,  J.  U. 
Xutry.  J 


Oppenhym  <.v-  Sons.  W. 
Orelli.  R. 
OreUi,  G. 
Oswald.  Otto 
Ottini.  Caroline 


Passavant  &  Co. 
Pauli,  Joseph 
Pavid,  Ed. 
Pedrali,  Ag. 


Pellegrini,  A. 
Perrelet,  Prof,  Leon 
Pervangler,  R. 
Perrin,  P. 

Peters    brewing  Co., 
w. 

Pietro,  L.  del. 
Fillet.  Miss  E. 
Plumer,  James 
Piva,  Celestine 
Porst,  Prof.  Aug. 
Pomares,  Mrs.  L.  W. 
Prager,  II.  E. 
Pulaski,  M.  &  II. 

Pullman   &   Co..  John 


Racine  &  Co.,  J. 
Raetzer,  Hud. 
Ramspenrer.  II.  G. 
Rappard,  Aug. 
Recher,  William 
Reichenbach,  T. 
Reinhard,  I  lenry 
Reusser,  Fritz 
Rheimer  Theo. 
Rheinfrank  Co.,  .1. 
Rheiwald,  A. 
Rheinbold.    Mr.    a  n  d 

Mrs.  M. 
Richard,  Aug. 
Richon,  J. 

Richard  Mrs  Augusts 
Richard  Miss  K 
Rietmann,  (i.  H. 
Robert.  J.  E. 
Robert.  E.  E. 
Robert,  Itenj. 
Robert.  Mrs.  J.  E. 
Roethhsberger,  Mrs.  R. 
Roethhsberger, 

Gerber 
Rohner,  Jacob 
Rohner,  Joh. 
Rollat,  Ed. 
*'  Romande  La  " 
RoselU,  C. 
Roselli.  R. 
Rossini,  Jos. 
Roth.  Jean 
Roulet  Girard 
Ruede,  Paul 
Ruegg,  J. 
Ruegg,  H. 
Ruegg,  Mrs. 
Ruegger,  C.  R. 
Ruppert  H. 
Rusch,  W.  H. 
Rusch,  Mrs.  C. 
Rusch.  Miss  Mabel 
Rusch.  II.  A. 
Rusch,  Mrs.  H.  A. 
Rusch,  H.  A.  Jr. 
Rusch  &  Co. 


Salzenberg,  c.  H. 
Scharsnuth  Mrs. 
Scharsmith,  Herm 
Scharsmith,  Mrs  .i .  K. 


ScUaettVr  K.  M. 

Iffewery  Co. 
Scharsmith,  John  E. 
Schaus,  Wm, 
Schefler,  Schramm  & 

Vogel. 
Scheid,  C.  M. 
Schiess,  Samuel 
Schild,  Emil 
Schlegel,  Rev.  Jacob 
Schluep,  Fritz 
Schmid,  Jacob 
Schwarzenbach,  1  [uber 

&'  Co. 
Schweizer,  Jacob 
Schweizer,  Fred 
Schwob  &  Co.,  A. 
Schwyzer,  Dr.  F. 
Schiller,  Carl 

Schiess  L.  G. 

Schmid,  John 

Schlatter,  Hy. 

Schmid,  Chas. 

Schmid.  Mrs.  Von 

Schwarzenbach,  A. 

Schweizer  Frauenbund 

Schneider.   I.  II. 

Schweizer  Traber 
Swiss  Publishing  Co. 

Schupbach,  E. 

Schildknecht  A. 

Schoenenberger,  H. 

Schmid,  J.  C. 

Schmid,  M. 

Schmitz,  Henry 

Schneider  Mrs.   [.  H. 

Schoffin,  Mrs. 

Scnrepfer,  Mrs.  L. 

Schumacher.  Mrs.  C. 

Schwarzenbach.  Rob. 

Schwyzer.  Mrs.  F. 

Seelhofer,  E. 

Seemann,  Friedr 

Seitz  Carl  Emil 

Seitz  Chas. 

Seybel,  D.  E. 

Sherry.  Mrs.  L. 

Sidenberg  (1.  &  Co. 

Sidler,  E. 

Siege!   Cooper  Charity 

Contest. 
Sigrist,  F.  A 
Simoni,  Finilio 
Slatter.  H. 
Smith.  Miss  G.  X. 
Snurrenberger,  F. 
Societa    Ticinesc  Di 

mutua  Soccorso 
Societa  Swiss 

Roniande 
Societa  Patriotica  Lib- 

erale  Ticinesc 
Solan,  R. 
Solari,  I.  F. 
Spahr,  Miss  Anna 
Spahr,  Mrs. 


Spans.  John  N. 
Stahel,  F.  P. 
Staheli,  B. 
Stahl  &  Jaeger 
Staub.  Hy 
Stehli  &  Co. 
Stehli,  Emil 
Steiger,  Aug 
Steiner.  Carl 
Stein mann,  G. 
Stehli  Emil  I. 
Stehli.  Mrs.   M.  J. 
Stein.  Dr.  G.  K. 
Steffan  Miss 
Stillman.  R.  W. 
Stierlin,  Miss  S. 
Stierlin,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
E. 

Straub,  F. 
Stroh.  L.  H. 
Strasburger,  Byron  L. 

&  Co. 
Streuli.  C.  F.  H. 
StrueH,  R. 
Streuli  J.  ('. 
Streuli.  C.  A. 
Stucki,  Dr.  S. 
Stueky,  Job. 
Stussy.  Fried 
Sturzenezzer,  M. 
Siiss.  H. 
Sulzer,  Emil 
Suter,  0. 

Swiss  Hall  Association 
Swiss  Club  (N.  Y.) 
Sw  iss  Publishing  Co. 
Swiss   Gen'l   Mut'l  cV 
Benev.  Soc.  of  N.  Y. 


Taller.  Charles 
Teodor,  B. 
Terroh,  Henry 
Thierstien.  F. 
Thurkauf,  Virg. 
Thieband  Miss  J. 
Ticinesc  Bowling  Club 
Tinguely,  Jas. 
Tobler  ^  Co.  (Hern) 
I'obler.  Jacob 
Tobler,  Wm. 
Tobler  &  Co. 
Tounacia,  Romeo 
Townsend  Montant 
Traber.  A.  P. 
Twyeffort,  F. 


Union   des  Societies' 
franeaises  de  Hr'kl'n 
Unknown 


Yeith.  F 
Veiller,  Miss  M. 


Victor  <V  Achelis,  Fred 
Villard,  Arth. 
Vodoz,  Miss  Mane 
Voegeli,  Gottfr.,  <Sc 

Family 
Vogel,  Herman 
Vogel,  Mrs.  II. 
Von  Aesch,  H. 
Von  der  Muhll.  Alfred 
Von  der  Muhll.  Mrs.  A. 
Vuille,  Herman 


Wacker,  II. 
Walder,  H. 
Walker.   Mrs.  L. 
Walli,  H. 
Wasserman,  F.  A. 
Weber.  Mrs.  N. 
Weber  Aug. 
Weidmann   Silk  Dye- 
ing Co. 
We  id  m  an  J. 
Weidman    Miss    a  ml 

Mrs. 
Weiss  Louis 
Weidman,  Mrs.  1'. 

Weidman.  Mrs.  S. 

Weidman.  S. 

Werner.  Mrs.  M. 

Wettstein,  Mrs.  Henry 

Wiehl  cV  Widman 

Widmer,  F. 

Widmer.  H. 

Wilmcrding.  Morris  ^ 
Mitchell 

Wilkinson.  F.  II. 

Wittnauer,  A. 

Wittnauer.  Mrs.  R. 

Wittnauer.  Miss 

Wuarin,  Prof.  F. 

Wurthner.  1'  . 

Wylcr.  S. 

Wvss.  Mrs.  C. 

Wvlcr.  ().  S. 

Wyss.  Clement 


Zengin,  A.  II. 
Zimmerman,  Mrs.  John 
Zimmerman*  Mrs.  Chas. 
Zimmermann,  Charles 
Zimmermann,  John 
Zimmerli,  E 
Zollikofer,  Mis> 
Zollikofer,  0.  F. 
Zollinger,  0. 
Zollinger  II. 
Zollinger  Mrs.  II. 
Zollinger,  Mrs. 
Zulauf  Alb 
Zdrcher,  I  .  \'. 
Zumbrunnen  C. 
Zwilchenbart.  Martin 
Gasser  Co. 


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